CVE-2021-33844
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2022 at 07:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSound ExchangeExchange Project Sound Exchange
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) issue was discovered in SoX in functon startread() of wav.c file. An attacker with a crafted wav file, could cause an application to crash.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33844x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975664x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-33844x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/349/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-369
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